The Challenge of Alignment in AI

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On the path to optimize, it seems like any function you try to optimize eventually leads you into a lot of trouble. It's very difficult as the more intelligent it becomes to anticipate the unintended consequences of a fixed objective function. And again, when we think about alignment, we should be really thinking about it as let's think of the greater good, not just the human good.

Manolis Kellis is a computational biologist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:44) – Humans vs AI
(15:50) – Evolution
(37:34) – Nature vs Nurture
(50:03) – AI alignment
(56:27) – Impact of AI on the job market
(1:08:06) – Human gatherings
(1:13:07) – Human-AI relationships
(1:23:11) – Being replaced by AI
(1:35:37) – Fear of death
(1:47:33) – Consciousness
(1:54:58) – AI rights and regulations
(2:00:41) – Halting AI development
(2:13:52) – Education
(2:19:16) – Biology research
(2:26:36) – Meaning of life
(2:29:09) – Loneliness